Glen Lucas Irish turner ( Videios )

[Blister]

http://glennlucas.typepad.com/glenn_luc ... elevision/

Lots to see :lol:

I have attended his workshop and seen Ciarán Forbes at a demo 8)

 

[wizer]

WOW Thanks Allen I really enjoyed those. He's the very definition of a professional. I just love the efficiency, he even talks fast :lol:

I would love to learn those skills to turn out bowl that quick, not for production purposes, but just because it takes me to bloody long

 

[Bodrighy]

His point about having a powerful motor struck me as I am forever stopping the lathe being too aggressive. I found it worth watching as it highlighted the need to get your production more organised if you are trying to make money.

pete

 

[Paul.J]

Great sequence of clips,and what a lathe,set up :lol:

 

[Ad de Crom]

Saw this already on youtube, quite interesting.
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[robo hippy]

Very interesting. As another production turner I am always curious to see how others do it. If I turned the outsides like he does, my grinder would be lost in the shavings. I tend to have shavings in a 360 degree circle.

robo hippy

 

[wizer]

I'm not eager to get my hands on a green bowl blank to see if it really is that easy.

I'm also impressed with the woodcut gouge for the internal bottom cuts.

Just as I was going ot treat myself to a set of the easy roughers :lol:

 

[Blister]

I'm not eager to get my hands on a green bowl blank to see if it really is that easy.

I'm also impressed with the woodcut gouge for the internal bottom cuts.

Just as I was going ot treat myself to a set of the easy roughers :lol:

Tom , I think you will find that the bowls are out of the kiln and dry :lol:

 

[wizer]

No the first couple of clips are wet when he's forming the outside of the bowl and then he switches to the kilned ones.

 

[wizer]

I'd like to get more info on that face plate of his. I don't quite understand what the centre is? Does it spring in or thread on? Or is it just a centring aid that the bowl sits over?

 

[Blister]

I'd like to get more info on that face plate of his. I don't quite understand what the centre is? Does it spring in or thread on? Or is it just a centring aid that the bowl sits over?

Or is it just a centring aid that the bowl sits over? YES

 

[big soft moose]

I'm not eager to get my hands on a green bowl blank to see if it really is that easy.

if you meant you are now eager ... i'll see what i can do, i have loads of green wood

 

[dannykaye]

I'd like to get more info on that face plate of his. I don't quite understand what the centre is? Does it spring in or thread on? Or is it just a centring aid that the bowl sits over?

It looks like a 2MT blank centre in the drive taper in the centre of the face plate, they are reasonably cheap and soft enough to rough shape on a wood lathe.

for example http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Drill-Chuck-A...werTools_SM?hash=item53e06f1be3#ht_1556wt_962

 

[wizer]

Cheers Danny. Not being a production turner, I'd probably just use a normal faceplate. I was just wondered what the benefit of it was. Obviously for centring and possibly safety.

Pete, yeh I did mean I was eager. About this time last year I had some beech logs that I cut up late summer. But I'd guess they're not very wet any more ? There's a beech log sitting on my drive that I started to chainsaw and the chain was as blunt as a very blunt thing and I gave up. It's been there every since! :roll: I might have to get the chainsaw out again and see if there's any life in that log.

 

[Bodrighy]

I rarely turn dry wood and find the wet stuff is easier to turn, hardly any dust and much easier to get a decent finish. Patience is needed afterwards mind while you wait to let it dry though it is a lot quicker than a log drying.

Pete

 

[wizer]

I do love the idea of wet turning

 

[dannykaye]

Cheers Danny. Not being a production turner, I'd probably just use a normal faceplate. I was just wondered what the benefit of it was. Obviously for centring and possibly safety.

Assuming a good fit between the hole and the stub you get accurate, repeatable, fast mounting with good drive as the spikes are well spaced, all the rig needs to be really good is pressure from the tailstock.

I quite fancy trying it

 

[wizer]

yes I see your point. It's hard to believe that these are not available commercially. How would you make the spikes?

 

[gasmansteve]

Very good those Allen. I wonder if you can still enjoy turning when working at those speeds :?

Steve

 

[wizer]

Very good those Allen. I wonder if you can still enjoy turning when working at those speeds :?

Steve

Well it is a job for him. But good point. Tho those shavings flying into that bin looks fun to me